Improvement in library-tables



H. GLOSTERMAN.

Library Table.

No. 200,173. Patented Feb. 12, I878.

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N.FETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTDN. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY OLOSTERMAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEM ENT IN Ll BRARY-TABLES,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,173, dated February12, 1878 application filed March 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GLosTERMAN, of Gincinnati,Hamilton county,State of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Library- Tables, of whichthe following is a specification:

My invention relates to the construction of library-tables; and consistsin a certain combination of the lifting table-top with the slidingdrawer, by which, when the drawer is closed, the top of the table willbe securely retained in the closed position.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved table when the cover ortop is partly elevated, the inkstand swung out for use, and the drawerpartly open. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the table when the top isdown.

A is the frame of the table, B the adjustable top, and G the drawer. Theframe is provided with one. or two rows of ratchet-teeth, D, and hashinges a attached to its front edge, to which the top B is secured, sothat it may swing on said hinges for the purpose of adjustability todifferent angles, to suit the user in writing or reading.

To the top B a frame, E, is suspended by hinges e, the pendent arms 6 ofthis frame being beveled at the lower ends, as shown, to fit theratchet-teeth D. This frame E has a projecting handle or handles, 6,which, when the top of the table is down, are accommodated byn'otches orrecesses e in the frame A. Notches I) accommodate the cross-bar of theframe E. The handles 0 project through the frame, so that they can bemanipulated when the top is down, and be the means by which the frame Eis set to the required point in the row of ratchet-teeth D; and thisframe and ratchet-teeth are the means by which the top B is set todifferent angles of inclination.

F is a blook,hinged at one corner, as shown, to the frame A, and havinga cavity for the reception of an inkstand, G. When this block is swunginward, its exterior surface corresponds with the exterior outline ofthe table, so that its presence is entirely concealed, and when it isswung outward it exposes the ink- 7 stand to the convenient use of theperson sitting at the table.

The drawer O is provided with a latch or lock, 0, at the front edge anda projecting pin, 0, at the rear edge, which pin, when the top is down,fits into a perforated lug, H, secured to the bottom of the cover B, andserves to prevent the raising of the cover when the drawer is closed.The table can then be lifted and moved about without any swingingmovement of the cover or table-top.

I claim- In combination with the table A, having hinged top B and drawerG, the pin-a'nd-eye locking device 0 H, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

HENRY OLOSTERMAN.

Witnesses SAML. F. CARPENTER, J. L. OLosTERMAN.

